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"Twenty Four Hours in the Life of a Woman and the Royal Game"
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Bell, Anthea (trans.) Features two of Stefan Zweig's novellas. Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman is the story of an English widow who travels through Europe to escape loneliness and boredom. The Royal Game occurs on a cruise ship bound for Buenos Aires, where an encounter takes place between the reigning world chess champion and an unknown passenger. Paperback, 134 pages. Size: 198 x 127 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Zweig, Stefan
ISBN: 1901285618
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
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"Identity Crisis"
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Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 413g.
Author: Zweigart, Erin, R.
ISBN: 1587366657
Publisher: Wheatmark Inc
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Modern Fiction
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"The Arabian Nights"
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"Everyman's Library Classics" series; Haddawy, Husain (trans.) The Sultan's new wife knows that her husband has executed all her predecessors. She therefore decides to arouse his curiosity by telling him a series of stories. In order to learn the end of each tale, the Sultan keeps her alive and becomes so infatuated that he agrees to let her live. With map. New ed. Hardback, 432 pages. Size: 210 x 135 mm. Weight: 576g.
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ISBN: 1857150872
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date: 1992 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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"The Arabian Nights"
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"Everyman's Library Classics" series; Haddawy, Husain (trans.) Husain Haddawy's translation offers the text in clear, vigorous modern English while preserving the distinctive character and colour of the originals. New ed. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 217 x 133 mm. Weight: 394g.
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ISBN: 1857151429
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date: 1998 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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"The Arabian Nights"
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"The Great Tales" series; Though The Arabian Nights are generally known as stories for children, they were originally tales for adults, full of adventure, sexuality, violence and the supernatural. Cd-Audio, Size: 146 x 126 mm. Weight: 204g.
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ISBN: 9626340290
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Date: 1995 (Hong Kong)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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"Arabian Nights Tales From the Arabian Nights"
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"Wordsworth Children's Classics" series; The beautiful Scheherazade's royal husband threatens to kill her, so each night she diverts him by weaving wonderful tales of fantastic adventure, leaving each story unfinished so that he spares her life to hear the ending the next night. With illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 198 x 126 mm. Weight: 221g.
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ISBN: 1853261149
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date: 1993 (United Kingdom)
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"The Bus Stop Scheherazade"
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Paperback, 128 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 183g.
Author: (Fortune-Wood, Jan, ed.)
ISBN: 1905614527
Publisher: Cinnamon Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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"Exodus"
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"Penguin Epics" series; An ancient people have been made into slaves, forced into a life of endless servitude and labour. The King has ordered that all their male children be slaughtered to make sure it stays that way. But, one boy, Moses, survives, hidden in a basket on a riverbank. He will rise up to demand that the King lets his people go. Paperback, 112 pages. Size: 185 x 108 mm. Weight: 72g.
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ISBN: 0141026332
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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"Irish Folk and Fairy Tales"
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A collection of Irish folk and fairy stories by writers like Carleton, Yeats and Lady Wilde. The tales include the story of the farmer who offends the fairies by building on their dancing ground, the king who loses his wife in a chess game and the smith who learns his skill from a giant. With 15 b&w illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 178 x 112 mm. Weight: 191g.
Author: (Jarvie, Gordon, ed.)
ISBN: 0856407313
Publisher: Blackstaff Press Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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"Outfoxing Fear"Folktales From Around the World
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From the old Japanese woman who tricks the tengu monster to the bluebird that uses the Chinook wind to teach her mother compassion, this is a collection of positive, even Utopian, folktales for various ages, arranged thematically around topics such as the nature of fear and courage, the importance of laughter, and the need for hope. With 16 illustrations, map. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 235 x 156 mm. Weight: 121g.
Author: (Ragan, Kathleen, ed.)
ISBN: 0393060365
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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"The Romance of Tristan and Iseult"
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"Dover Books on Literature & Drama" series; Belloc, Hilaire (trans.) The immortal tale from the Age of Chivalry concerning the doomed love between Tristan, a Cornish knight and Iseult, an Irish princess. Paperback, 96 pages. Size: 216 x 137 mm. Weight: 142g.
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ISBN: 0486440192
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Date: 2005 (United States)
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"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
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"Classic Literature With Classical Music" series; Flynn, Benedict (trans.) A mysterious knight in green arrives at King Arthur's court and issues a bizarre challenge. Gawain answers the knight - but at what cost? This new translation keeps all the poetic power of the original's extraordinary alliteration. Cd-Audio, Size: 140 x 163 mm. Weight: 111g.
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ISBN: 9626348658
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Date: 2008 (Hong Kong)
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"Supplemental Nights"
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Burton, Richard (trans.) Hardback, 468 pages. Size: 230 x 150 mm. Weight: 182g.
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ISBN: 1404380841
Publisher: Indypublish Dotcom
Date: 2003 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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"Tales From the Arabian Nights"
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"Collector's Library Editions" series; Burton, Sir Richard (trans.) The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, translated by Sir Richard Burton. Unexpurgated edition. With b/w illustrations. New ed. Hardback, 528 pages. Size: 297 x 160 mm. Weight: 788g.
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ISBN: 190463396X
Publisher: Crw Publishing Limited
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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"Three Tales From the Arabian Nights"
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Lyons, Malcolm Cameron (trans.) Contains three tales to introduce readers to the delights of Arabian Nights - Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Killed by the Slave Girl, Judar and his Brothers, and Ma'rus the Cobbler. Hardback, 176 pages. Weight: 200g.
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ISBN: 1846141583
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Myth & Legend Told as Fiction
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